Industry behemoth Cargill’s health tech arm has signed a multi-year platform agreement with life sciences and microbiome discovery company Eagle Genomics. The collaboration seeks to enable the digital transformation of microbiome and life sciences R&D across Cargill’s global locations. The deployment of the Eagle Genomics’ platform, called e[datascientist], will initially enable Cargill’s Health Technologies business […]
Fiber-rich foods are known to deliver health benefits, mainly with a pronounced focus on gut health. This is why they are popular among today’s health-conscious consumers and are touted as a key trend for 2020. Moreover, “wellness” has become a lifestyle focus for many and fiber is aligned to this trend. Consumers understand and recognize […]
Research says that probiotics are a precursor to good health in bones, skin, nervous system and the brain. Probiotics, often called “good” or “helpful” bacteria and yeast that live in the stomach, play an essential role in digestive processes – but may influence a host of other biological functions beyond gut health, according to an […]
An increasing consumer interest in probiotics and the microbiome could be one reason why digestive health has hit the top of the nutraceutical and functional food industry agenda for the first time, say experts. In its annual survey of top experts and nutraceutical industry professionals, the organisers of Vitafoods Europe asked respondents to choose the […]
